Garment-hanger



M. S. MILLER.

GARMENT HANGER.

APPLICATION HLED AUGJB. 1919.

1,332,741 v PatentedMar. 2, 1920.

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UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

MATTHIAS S. MILLER, OF LAWRENCEBUBQ INDIANA;

GARMENT-HANGER.

Application filed. August 18, 1919.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, MATTHIAS S. MILLER, a citizen of the United States, residing at Lawrenceburg, in the county of Dearborn and State of Indiana, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Garment- Hangers, of which the following is a specification.

This invention relates to garment hangers, and is particularly adapted and 1ntended for hanging and stretching trousers, skirts and similar garments.

The object of the invention is to provide improved easily portable hangers which can be packed and carried in small compass and which can be used in a convenient manner and attached in a very few mlnutes in such manner as to remove the wrinkles from garments and keep them in shape. A feature of the invention is that the device is adjustable to any size of garment, and can be attached to a door, wall, a hook in a closet, or any other suitable support, the device including a spring which keeps the garment under tension.

The advantages of the device will be more fully apparent from the followmg description and the accompanying drawings in which Figure 1 is a front view of the same applied to a pair trousers. Fig. 2 is a similar view showing the manner in which a suitcase or other weight may be used to puis the garment under tension. Fig. 3 is a slmilar view showing the device applied to a skirt.

The parts of the device for attachment to one end of a garment comprises a bar 6 connected by a pair of coiled springs 7 to a ring 8, by which it may be hung on any convenient hook or nail as shown at 9. Mounted upon the bar and slidable along the same are two screw clamps 10, of simple form, adapted to engage one end of a pair of trousers, as shown in Flgs. 1 and 2, or the top of a skirt as shown in Fig.3. The jaws of these clamps will preferably be faced with cloth to avoid marking the garment. The ends of the bar 6 are forked as indicated at 11 to prevent the clamp slidmg off the ends of the bar.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Mar. 2, 1920.

Serial No. 318,346.

For connection to the opposite ends of the garment I provide a pair of screw clamps 12 which can be applied to the garment at any desired position, and a cord 13 is connected to each clamp, for attaching same to fixtures such as screw eyes 14, or to aweight such as a suitcase as shown in Fig. 2.

In the use of the device one end of the garment will be attached by the clamps 10 to a bar 6 which will then be hung on any convenient hook or nail. The clamps 12 will then be attached to the lower end of the garment and connected by the cords to screw eyes or any suitable weight, thereby placing the springs 7 under tension and holding the garment in stretched condition for any suitable period. Instead of a suitcase, a tilted chair or the like may be hung by the cords 13, or any other device of suiticient weight to stretch the garment and place the springs 7 under tension. The clamps and connected parts when not in use can be placed in a very small space, and the device will thus be found very convenient and useful for travelers. It is capable of being hung on any door or wall, and it will be noticed that there is an absence of any long bars orrods which are generally in convenient for transportation. The individual clamps can be located on a garment in any desired position, and so the stretcher may be applied to garments of different kinds or sizes, and will require only a few minutes for connection and disconnection.

The tension of the two lower clamps particw of the garment, said clamps being individually adjustable and provided with means for connecting the same to a fixture or Weight.

2. A garment stretcher comprising a bar provided with clamps and spring suspension means for attachment to one end of a garment, and a pair of individual clamps attachable to the other end of a garment, the latter clamps being individually adjustable to various angles and positions and pro- 10 vided With means for connecting the same to a fixture or Weight.

In testimony whereof, I aflix my signature in presence of two Witnesses,

V MATTHIAS- S. MILLER. Witnesses;

W; R. BERGER, W. J. WHITE. 

